EDIT: I HAVE FIXED IT! NONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS THREAD WORKED, DO NOT BOTHER REINSTALLING EVERYTHING A MILLION TIMES IN A MAGICAL SEQUENCE. THE SOLUTION WAS TO SHIFT THE GRAPHICS CARD TO ANOTHER PCIE SLOT. PRESUMABLY DUE TO AN IRQ CONFLICT. JOB DONE! :) Hi all,
I've seen similar threads with this issue but no absolute resolution.
Setup:* Windows 7 64bit SP1 + latest updates and patches
* EVGA X58 Classified 3
* EVGA 670GTX
* Soundblaster Xfi (because the onboard audio has an IRQ conflict with the 670GTX's audio)
* Samsung 500gb SSD
* Using external monitor with DVI connection
Problem:* I believe there's an IRQ conflict between the onboard audio and the graphics card's built in audio
* I have disabled onboard audio
* I have uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled WITHOUT the 670gtx audio
* When I try to boot into windows, post bios messages, it goes to
Starting Windows* It either gets stuck here OR the monitor goes to sleep
* However, windows IS running in the background, as I can hear the startup sound (on my Soundblaster XFI) and I can log in and press enter
What I've tried so far:* Safe mode works and Windows login works without any graphics card drivers installed
* Uninstalled drivers, Guru3D Driver Sweeper, re-installed drivers WITHOUT audio (physx and gfx only)
* Tried 3 different versions of the graphics drivers
* Disabled onboard audio in bios
* Enabled onboard audio in bios
* Flashed BIOS to latest version from EVGA site
* Loading default BIOS settings
* Once in Windows, I tried keeping it alive with Hibernate, no go, it shuts down.
What seems to work (sequence):1. Going in to bios, disabling onboard audio
2. Booting into safe mode
3. Logging into safemode
4. Restarting, going back in to bios, ENABLING onboard audio (yeah I don't understand why this works)
5. Restarting, and logging into windows
Note: Even this doesn't work all the time but I can't comprehend why instigating an IRQ conflict after booting into safemode would actually make it work again? Questions:1. Given all this troubleshooting, is there really anything that will definitely work? I.e. manually reassigning IRQ?
2. This is a well known problem having browsed the forums, doesn't EVGA officially have a well known and working response?
3. Different things work for different people, but it is most definitely a
driver issue, as even when the card is installed and there is the possible IRQ conflict, it still boots into windows every time without fail, when the drivers are
not installed.
Apologies if this post sounds crass, but I have done my research and I have tried A LOT of troubleshooting and various combinations to isolate the issue, and I can firmly say that it works without drivers, and it doesn't with. Any suggestions? I would be incredibly grateful if anyone could lend a helping hand!
post edited by sinetwo - 2017/09/08 01:51:04